Shoe-polishing stand.



A. HOFFMAN.

SHOE POLISHING STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 8, 1909.

955,069. Pa ented Apr. 12, 1910.

atfozmugs uniTnn STATES rATnnT orricn ADOLPH HOFFMAN, 0F COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SHOE-POLISHING- STAND.

955,069. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 8, 1909.

Patented Apr.

Serial No. 531,957.

To all whom it may concern: which has secured to its outer end a han- Be it known that I, ADoLrii HOFFMAN, a dle 8. citizen of the United States, residing at (10- In Fig. 4t of the drawing, is shown a lumbus, in the county 0 Franklin and State slightly modified form of the stand, the latof Ohio, have invented certain new and useter being shown in this instance as consistful Improvements in a Shoe Polishing Stand; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of te invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe polishing stands.

One object of the invention is to provide a shoe polishing stand in the use of which a person may sit on a chair and, placing the foot on the stand, may quickly polish the shoe by drawing the polishing element back and forth across the shoe.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple, strong,

ing of a baseboard 9, on which, its opposite ends, are secured standards 10 having on their upper ends foot rests 11, with which the shoe is engaged when being polished.

Secured to the base-board 9, between the standards 10 and adjacent thereto, are roller supporting brackets 12, in which is revolubly mounted a spring rol er 13. To the roller 13 is connected the inner end of a olishing strap 14:, on the outer end 0 which is secured ahandle 15. In using the stand, the

adjacent to foot is placed on the strap passed around the the rests l and side of the shoe, after which the strap is drawn outwardly by the handle 8 and will durable and inexpens ve 1n constructionan be retracted or rewound upon the roller 6 well adapted to the purpose for which it is by the spring therein, thus providing a redesigned. ciprocatory movement for the strap. After With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention cons sts of certain iiove combination and one side of the shoe has thus been polished, the strap is passed around the opposite side features of construction, of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawarrangement of parts, as will be more fully ings. By this means, the shoe may be quickly described and particularly pointed out in nd il li hed the appended claims. From the foregoing description, taken in In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe polishing stand constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is an end view, showing the manner in which the polishing strap is used in polishing both sides of the shoe; Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the stand; Fig. 4t is a side view of a. modified form of the stand.

My improved stand comprises a frame consisting of end pieces 1 provided with feet 2. for supporting the stand. The end pieces 1 are connected together near their lower ends by lon itudinally disposed connecting rods 3 and on the upper porti ns f roller revolubly mounted in and extending the ends are formed foot rests longitudinally of the frame and a polishing Revolubly mounted in suitable bearings 5 strap having one end connected with the in the ends 1, 's a spring roller 6 which may roller, the roller being arranged in a central be of any suitable construction and to the position directly beneath the foot-rest, roller, substantially midway between the whereby both sides of the shoe may be polished with equal facility.

2. A shoe polishing stand, comprising a supporting frame consisting of end pieces,

ends of the same, is secured the inner end of a polishing strap 7, which may be formed 0 cloth or any other suitable material, and

means of connection between the end pieces, 1 In testimony whereof I h foot-rests on the top and at opposite ends of my hand in presence of two t e frame, a longitudinal spring roller nesses.

mounted in the frame directly beneath the ave hereunto set subscr1b1ngW1t- 10 5 foot-rest, a shoe pohshing strap connected ADOLPH HOFFMAN at one end to said roller and adapted to be Witnesses: Wound and unwound thereon, and a handle E. E. TANNER, connected With the outer end of the strap. D. EVA M. CHENEY. 

